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2011-2012 BOONEVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HANDBOOK
835 East 8th Street Booneville, Arkansas Phone: (479) 675-5247
BOONEVILLE
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Booneville, Arkansas Phone: (479) 675-5247
Dear
Parent/Guardian:
GOALS 1. To provide a solid educational foundation in reading, writing, and math 2. To develop social and civic responsibility toward good citizenship 3. To foster critical thinking, technology skills, and creativity 4. To provide opportunities to connect learning across the curriculum 5. To provide connections to real life experiences 6. To provide information for career choices and preparation for the world of work 7. To develop attitudes of respect for self and others 8. To provide a safe, healthy and positive learning environment 9. To provide a variety of extra-curricular experiences to foster leadership and build self-confidence 10. To develop an appreciation and understanding of the world and conservation of its natural resources
The
Booneville School District is an equal opportunity institution. It does
not discriminate against any person in its employment, personnel
relations, admission or services because of the person’s age, race, color,
religion, sex, place of national origin or handicap.
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BOONEVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
AUGUST
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
23-25
Thanksgiving Vacation 21 Christmas Vacation Begins
JANUARY 16 Professional Development (No School) 19 Spring Break Begins
26 Students return to school
25 Staff Development
SECTION I
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
Any child who will be six (6) years of age on or before October 1 of the school year of enrollment and who has not completed a state-accredited kindergarten program shall be evaluated by the district and may be placed in the first grade if the results of the evaluation justify placement in the first grade and the child’s parent or legal guardian agrees with placement in the first grade, otherwise the child shall be placed in kindergarten.
Any child may enter first grade in a District school if the child will attain the age of six (6) years during the school year in which the child is asking enrollment and the child has successfully completed a kindergarten program in a public school in Arkansas.
Any child who has been enrolled in the first grade in a state-accredited or state-approved elementary school in another state for a period of at least sixty (60) days, who will become age six (6) years during the school attendance may be enrolled in the first grade.
Students who
move into the District from an accredited school shall be assigned to the
same grade as they attended in their previous school or as they would have
been assigned in their previous school. Home-schooled students shall be
evaluated by the District to determine their appropriate grade placement.
1. The parent, guardian, or other responsible person shall furnish the child’s social security number, or if they request, the district will assign the child a nine (9) digit number designated by the department of education. 2. The parent, guardian, or other responsible person shall provide the district with one (1) of the following documents indicating the child’s age: a. A birth certificate; b. A statement by the local registrar or a county recorder certifying the child’s date of birth; c. An attested baptismal certificate; d. A passport e. An affidavit of the date and place of birth by the child’s parent or guardian; f. United States military identification; or g. Previous school records. 3. The parent, guardian, or other responsible person shall indicate on school registration forms whether the child has been expelled from school in any other school district or is a party to an expulsion proceeding. 4. The child shall be age appropriately immunized from poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, red (rubella) measles, rubella, and other diseases as designated by the State Board of Health, or have an exemption issued by the Arkansas Department of Health. Proof of immunization shall be by a certificate of a licensed physician or a public health department acknowledging the immunization. Exemptions are also possible on an annual basis for religious reasons from the Arkansas Department of Health. To continue such exemptions, they must be renewed at the beginning of each school year. 5. All transfer students must have the Hepatitis B series. 6. All enrollment forms must be completed and BJH will contact the previous school for verification before the transferring student will be placed in classes. Exceptions to this procedure will be handled by the Principal on a case by case basis. Act 1255 of 2005 requires schools to “immediately” enroll foster children whether or not they can produce “required clothing or required records” noted in #2 and #4 above. A.C.A. 9-27-103 7. A child enrolling in a district school and living in the household of a person on active military duty has 30 days to receive his/her initial required immunizations and 12 months to be up to date on the required immunizations for the student’s age
Definitions: “Reside” means to be physically present and to maintain a permanent place of abode for an average of no fewer than four (4) calendar days and nights per week for a primary purpose other than school attendance.
“Resident” means a student whose parents, legal guardians, persons having legal, lawful control of the student under order of a court, or persons standing in loco parentis reside in the school district.
“Residential address” means the physical location where the student’s parents, legal guardians, persons having legal, lawful control of the student under order of a court, or persons standing in loco parentis reside. A student may use the residential address of a legal guardian, person having legal, lawful control of the student under order of a court, or person standing in loco parentis only if the student resides at the same residential address and if the guardianship or other legal authority is not granted solely for educational needs or school attendance purposes.
The schools of the District shall be open and free through the completion of the secondary program to all persons between the ages of five (5) and twenty one (21) years whose parents, legal guardians, or other persons having lawful control of the person under an order of a court reside within the District and to all persons between those ages who have been legally transferred to the District for educational purposes.
Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older may establish a residence separate and apart from his or her parents or guardians for school attendance purposes.
In order for a person under the age of eighteen (18) years to establish a residence for the purpose of attending the District’s schools separate and apart from his or her parents, guardians, or other persons having lawful control of him or her under an order of a court, the person must actually reside in the District for a primary purpose other than that of school attendance. However, a student previously enrolled in the district who is placed under the legal guardianship of a non-custodial parent living outside the district by a custodial parent on active military duty may continue to attend district schools. A foster child who was previously enrolled in a District school and who has had a change in placement to a residence outside the District, may continue to remain enrolled in his/her current school unless the presiding court rules otherwise.
Under instance prescribed in A.C.A. 6-18-203, a child or ward of an employee of the district or of the education coop to which the district belongs may enroll in the district even though the employee and his/her child or ward resides outside the district.
Legal References: A.C.A. 6-18-202, A.C.A 6-18-203. A.C.A. 6-27-102, 112, A.C.A. § 9-28-113
STUDENT
TRANSFERS (resident students) Any student
transferring from home school or a school that is not accredited by the
Department of Education to a District school shall be evaluated by
District staff to determine the student’s appropriate grade placement.
The responsibility for transportation
of any nonresident student admitted to a school in this District shall be
borne by the student or the student’s parents. A.C.A 6-1 8-206 A.C.A.
6-18-510 The District will afford the same services and educational opportunities to foster children that are afforded other children and youth. The District shall work with the Department of Human Services (“DHS”), the ADE, and individuals involved with each foster child to ensure that he/she is able to maintain his/her continuity of educational services to the fullest extent that is practical and reasonable. The Superintendent or his/her designee shall appoint an appropriate staff person to be the local educational liaison for foster children and youth whose responsibilities shall include ensuring the timely school enrollment of each foster child and assisting foster children who transfer between schools by expediting the transfer of relevant educational records.1 The District, working with other individuals and agencies shall, unless the presiding court rules otherwise, ensure that the foster child remains in his/her current school, even if a change in the foster child’s placement results in a residency that is outside the district. In such a situation, the District will work to arrange for transportation to and from school for the foster child to the extent it is reasonable and practical.2 Upon notification to the District’s foster care liaison by a foster child’s caseworker that a foster child’s school enrollment is being changed to one of the District’s schools, the school receiving the child must immediately enroll him/her. Immediate enrollment is required even if a child lacks the required clothing, academic or medical records, or proof of residency.3 A foster child’s grades shall not be lowered due to absence from school that is caused by a change in the child’s school enrollment, the child’s attendance at dependency-neglect court proceedings, or other court-ordered counseling or treatment. Any course work completed by the foster child prior to a school enrollment change shall be accepted as academic credit so long as the child has satisfactorily completed the appropriate academic placement assessment.4 If a foster child was enrolled in a District school immediately prior to completing his/her graduation requirements while detained in a juvenile detention facility or while committed to the Division of Youth Services of DHS, the District shall issue the child a diploma. Your visits to school are welcome.
All visitors must stop by the office to sign in and pick up a “VISITOR”
badge to wear while they are in the building. Conferences with teachers
will be scheduled during the teacher’s conference period and may be
scheduled through the office. Students are not allowed to bring visiting
friends or relatives to school with them. CONTACT BY NON-CUSTODIAL PARENTS If there is any question concerning the legal custody of the student, the custodial parent shall present documentation to the principal or his/her designee establishing the parent’s custody of the student. It shall be the responsibility of the custodial parent to make any court ordered “no contract” or other restrictions regarding the non-custodial parent known to the principal by presenting a copy of a file-marked court order. Without such a court order on file, the school will release the child to either of his/her parents. Non-custodial parents who file with the principal a date-stamped copy of current court orders granting visitation may eat lunch, volunteer in their child’s classroom, or otherwise have contact with their child during school hours and the prior approval of the principal.
Unless prior arrangements have been made with the school’s principal, Arkansas law provides that the transfer of a child between his/her custodial parent and non-custodial parent, when both parents are present, shall not take place on the school’s property on normal school days during normal hours of school operation.
· It is in the sole possession of the individual who made it, · It is used only as a personal memory aid; · Information contained in it has never been revealed or made available to any other person except the maker’s temporary substitute.
For the purposes of this policy a school official is a person employed by the school as an administrator, supervisor, instructor, or support staff member (including health or medical staff and law enforcement unit personnel); a person serving on the school board; a person or company with whom the school has contracted to perform a special task (such as an attorney, auditor, medical consultant, or therapist); or a parent or student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks.
For the purposes of this policy a school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review and education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility, contracted duty, or duty of elected office.
The district discloses personally identifiable information from an education record to appropriate parties, including parents, in connection with an emergency if knowledge of the information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the student or other individuals. The superintendent or designee shall determine who will have access to and the responsibility for disclosing information in emergency situations.
When deciding whether to release personally identifiable information in a health or safety emergency, the District may take into account the totality of the circumstances pertaining to a threat to the health or safety of a student or other individuals. If the district determines that there is an articulable and significant threat to the health or safety of a student or other individuals, it may disclose information from education records to any person whose knowledge of the information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the student or safety of the student or other individuals. For purposes of this policy, the Booneville School District does not distinguish between a custodial and non-custodial parent, or a non-parent such as a person acting in loco parentis or a foster parent with respect to gaining access to a student’s records. Unless a court order restricting such access has been presented to the district to the contrary, the fact of a person’s status as parent or guardian, alone, enables that parent or guardian to review and copy his child’s records. If a court order exists, which directs that a parent not have access to a student or his records, the parent, guardian, person acting in loco parentis, or an agent of the Department of Human Services must present a file-marked copy of such order to the building principal and the superintendent. The school will make good-faith efforts to act in accordance with such court order, but the failure to do so does not impose legal liability upon the school. The actual responsibility for enforcement of such court orders rests with the parents or guardians, their attorneys and the court which issued the order. A parent or guardian does not have the right to remove any material from a student’s records, but such parent or guardian may challenge the accuracy of a record. The right to challenge the accuracy of a record does not include the right to dispute a grade, which must be done only through the appropriate teacher and/or administrator, the decision of whom is final. A challenge to the accuracy of material contained in a student’s file must be initiated with the building principal, with an appeal available to the Superintendent or his designee. The challenge shall clearly identify the part of the student’s record the parent wants changed and specify why he/she believes it is inaccurate or misleading. If the school determines not to amend the record as requested, the school will notify the requesting parent or student of the decision and inform them of their right to a hearing regarding the request for amending the record. The parent or eligible student will be provided information regarding the hearing procedure when notified of the right to a hearing.
Unless the parent or guardian of a student (or student, if
above the age of eighteen) objects, directory information about a student
may be made available to the public, military recruiters, post secondary
educational institutions, prospective employers of those students, as well
as school publications such as annual yearbooks, graduation announcements,
and district and school authorized web sites. “Directory information”
includes, but is not limited to, a student’s name, address, telephone
number, electronic mail address, photograph, date and place of birth,
dates of attendance, his/her placement on the honor role (or the receipt
of other types of honors), as well as his/her participation in school
clubs and extracurricular activities, among others. If the student
participates in inherently public activities (for example, basketball,
football, or other interscholastic activities), the publication of such
information will be beyond the control of the District, a student’s name
and photograph will only be displayed on the district or school’s web
pages after receiving written permission from the student’s parent or
student if over the age of 18.
Parents and students over the age of 18 who believe the district has failed to comply with the requirements for the lawful release of student records my file a complaint with the U. S. Department of Education at Family Policy Compliance Office U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202
2OUS.C. 1232g 34 CFR 99.3, 99.7, 99.31, 99.21 , 99.22
,99.30, 99.32 ,99.33, 99.34, 99.35, 99.36, 99.37 , 99.63,99.64
As part of the district’s participation in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program, the district collects eligibility data from its students. The data’s confidentiality is very important and is governed by federal law. The district has made the determination to release student eligibility status or information as permitted by law. Federal law governs how eligibility data may be released and to whom. The district will take the following steps to ensure its confidentiality:
Some data may be released to government agencies or programs authorized by law to receive such data without parental consent, while other data may only be released after obtaining parental consent. In both instances, allowable information shall only be released on a need to know basis to individuals authorized to receive the data. The recipients shall sign an agreement with the district specifying the names or titles of the persons who may have access to the eligibility information. The agreement shall further specify the specific purposes(s) for which the data will be used and how the recipient(s) shall protect the data from further, unauthorized disclosures.
The superintendent shall designate the staff member(s) responsible for making eligibility determinations. Release of eligibility information to other district staff shall be limited to as few individuals as possible who shall have a specific need to know such information to perform their job responsibilities. Principals, counselors, teachers, and administrators shall not have routine access to eligibility information or status.
Each staff person with access to individual eligibility information shall be notified of their personal liability for its unauthorized disclosure and shall receive appropriate training on the laws governing the restrictions of such information.
Legal References: Commissioner’s Memos IA-05-018, FIN 09-041, and IA 99-011, A.C.A. § 9-29-113(b)(6) ADE Eligibility Manual for School Meals Revised July 2008 7 CFR 210.1-210.31 7 CFR 220.1-220.22 42 USC 1758(b)(6)
PERMANENT RECORDS Permanent school records, as required by the Arkansas Department of Education, shall be maintained for each student enrolled in the District until the student receives a high school diploma or its equivalent or is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance. A copy of the student’s permanent record shall be provided to the receiving school district within ten (10) school days after the date a request from the receiving school district is received. Legal References: A.C.A. 6-18-901, ADE Rule, Student Permanent Records
Any student that drops out of school or leaves school to
home school is required to have an exit meeting with the school counselor.
TELEPHONE
TEXTBOOKS
1.
Students
making school sponsored trips will not be counted absent on the office
record, but will be 2. Consent of a parent or guardian must be given in advance before a student can make a school trip. Incentive trips will be used occasionally as a reward for students who meet certain standards or criteria such as turning in all their homework assignments for a specific period of time or students who exemplify exceptional conduct. 3. Students may not be released to anyone other than their legal parent/guardian. The parent or guardian must present a note or sign a release document at the event in order for a student to be released. Parents or guardians may request that their son or daughter be released into the custody of another adult after the completion of an event. The procedure for this is to obtain a written permission statement from the principal (signed and cleared by the principal) and give it to the coach in charge prior to leaving for the trip. The adult who will assume custody of the student(s) must sign a checkout sheet held by the coach or sponsor in charge after the event before the student(s) will be allowed to leave the supervision of the coaches. STUDENTS WILL BE RELEASED TO ADULTS ONLY. 4. The decision whether or not to take a student on a trip rests with the trip sponsor and principal.
Field Trips or Conferences Students will not be considered absent from school if they choose to participate in an organized field trip or school-related conference. Written permission is required from a parent or guardian in order for a student to participate in field trips or conferences. Non-school sponsored organizations requesting trips during the school day must obtain permission from the principal, and participants must use a parent note to be excused. Students with absentee or discipline problems may not be allowed to participate on field trips.
OVERNIGHT TRIPS
1. Each morning a bulletin containing announcements of activities is sent to each class. The bulletin will also be posted on the office window each day. Announcements will be read over the intercom to the students. Any student responsible for putting notices in the bulletin must have the announcement signed by the sponsor the day before. 2. Posters may be placed in the building or on the grounds with the principal’s permission. The person who puts up the poster is also responsible for removing the poster and placing them in appropriate trash cans. 3. Whereas the bulletin information is available to all students, all students are responsible for information contained in the bulletin each day.
Advertising may be accepted for publications that does not condone or promote products that are inappropriate for the age and maturity of the audience or that endorse such thins as tobacco, alcohol, or drugs. 1. Publications may be regulated to prohibit writings which are, in the opinion of the appropriate teacher and/or administrator, ungrammatical, poorly written, inadequately researched, biased or prejudiced, vulgar or profane, or unsuitable for immature audiences. 2. Publications may be regulated to refuse to publish material which might reasonably be perceived to advocate drug or alcohol use, irresponsible sex, or conduct otherwise inconsistent with the shared values of a civilized social order, or to associate the school with any position other than neutrality on matters of political controversy. 3. Prohibited publications include: a. Those that are obscene as to minors; b. Those that are libelous or slanderous, including material containing defamatory falsehoods about public figures or governmental officials, which are made with knowledge of their falsity or reckless disregard of the truth; c. Those that constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy as defined by state law, d. Publications that suggest or urge the commission of unlawful acts on the school premises; e. Publications which suggest or urge the violation of lawful school regulation’ f. Hate literature that scurrilously attacks ethnic, religious, or racial groups.
Student Publications on School Web Pages Student publications that are displayed on school web pages shall follow the same guidelines as listed above plus they shall 1. Not contain any non-educational advertisement. Additionally, student web publications shall; 2. Adhere to the restrictions regarding use of Directory Information including not using a student’s photograph when associated with the student’s name unless written permission has been received from the student’s parent or student if over the age of 18. 3. State that the views expressed are not necessarily those of the School Board or the employees of the district.
Student Distribution of Non-school Literature, Publications, and Materials A student or group of students who distribute tem (10) or fewer copies of the same non-school literature, publications, or materials (hereinafter “non-school material”), shall do so in a time, place, and manner that does not cause a substantial disruption of the orderly education environment. A student or group of students wishing to distribute more than ten (10) copies of non-school material shall have school authorities review their non-school materials at least three (3) school days in advance of their desired time of dissemination. School authorities shall review the non-school materials, prior to their distribution and will bar from distribution those non-school materials that are obscene, libelous, pervasively indecent, or advertise unlawful products or services. Material may also be barred from distribution if there is evidence that reasonably supports a forecast that a substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the school or educational environment will likely result from the distribution. Concerns related to any denial of distribution by the principal shall be heard by the superintendent, whose decision shall be final. The school principal or designee shall establish reasonable regulations governing the time, place, and manner of student distribution of non-school materials.
The regulations shall: 1. Be narrowly drawn to promote orderly administration of school activities by preventing disruption and may not be designed to stifle expression; 2. Be uniformly applied to all forms of non-school materials; 3. Allow no interference with classes or school activities; 4. Specify times, places, and manner where distribution may and may not occur; and 5. Not inhibit a person’s right to accept or reject any literature distributed in accordance with the regulation. 6. Students shall be responsible for the removal of excess literature that is left at the distribution point for more than 5 days.
The
Superintendent, along with the student publications advisors, shall
develop administrative regulations for the implementation of this policy.
The regulations shall include definitions of terms and timelines for the
review of materials. Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986) Hazelwood
School District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988)
FIRE DRILLS AND TORNADO DRILLS
Other types of emergency drills may also be conducted. These may include, but are not limited to: 1. Earthquake; 2. Act of terrorism; 3. Chemical spill; 4. Airplane crash. Legal
Reference: A.C.A. 12-13-109, A.C.A. 6-10-121 Ark. Division of Academic
Facilities and Transportation Rules Governing Maintenance and Operations
of Ark .Public School Bus and Physical Examinations of School Bus Drivers
4.03.1
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS 1. The meeting is to be voluntary and student initiated; 2. There is no sponsorship of the meeting by the school, the government, or its agents or employees; 3. The meeting must occur during non-instructional time; 4. Employees or agents of the school are present at religious meetings only in a non-participatory capacity; 5. The meeting does not materially and substantially interfere with the orderly conduct of educational activities within the school; and 6. Non-school persons may not direct, conduct, control, or regularly attend activities of student groups.
All meetings held on school premises must be scheduled and approved by the superintendent. The school, its agents and employees retain the authority to maintain order and discipline, to protect the well being of students and faculty, and to assure that attendance of students at meetings is voluntary.
Fraternities, sororities, and secret societies are forbidden in the District’s schools. Membership to student organizations shall not be by a vote of the organization’s members, nor be restricted by the student’s race, religions, sex, national origin, or other arbitrary criteria. Hazing, as defined by law, is forbidden in connection with initiation into, or affiliation with, any student organization, extracurricular activity or sport program.
Legal References: A.C.A § 6-5-201 et seq. 20 U.S.C. 4071 Equal Access Act Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools v. Mergens, 496 U.S. 226 (1990) A.C.A. § 6-18-601 et seq.
The complainant must present the complaint, in written form, within five (5) working days of the alleged discriminatory act to the principal which is designated as the school grievance officer. Step #2: The responsible
person has a working week (5 days) in which to investigate and respond in
written form. Response by the
superintendent will be given within five (5)
working days. If not
satisfied, the complainant may appeal to the school board president within
five (5) working days. The school board president will address the issue
at the next regularly scheduled school board meeting. Response by the
school board will be given within five (5) working days. If the
complainant is not satisfied with the local school board, then depending
upon the nature of the alleged discriminatory action an appeal will be
made to the appropriate agency. A complaint or
grievance concerning compliance with Title VI (race), Title IX (sex), and
Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (handicap), may be submitted directly to: The following
persons will serve as coordinator:
Parents or
guardians shall be kept informed concerning the progress of their student.
Parent-teacher conferences are encouraged and may be requested by parents,
guardians, or teachers. If the progress of a student is unsatisfactory in
a subject, the teacher shall attempt to schedule a parent-teacher
conference. In the conference, the teacher shall explain the reasons for
difficulties and shall develop, cooperatively with the parents, a plan for
remediation, which may enhance the probability of the student succeeding.
A.C.A.
6-15-902(c)(1) “D” in the class with no more than 2 absences and 1 discipline referral It is important to note that the reason for the absence makes no difference in qualifying for exemption. 1. Any referral for fighting will automatically disqualify the student for exemption during that semester. 2. Consideration may be given for students with special circumstances for exemption. 3. All fines, charges and books must be returned in order for the student to be exempt. 4. No semester test will be given early unless approved by administration.
Students must pass EOC Algebra I in order to receive credit for Algebra I. In order to graduate from Booneville High School, a student must have ½ credit of business applications class.
E. Fine Arts
(Art & Music)
Students
enrolled in Title I programs are expected to complete work as assigned and
take advantage of this type of educational opportunity. Students not
working up to expectations (not turning in assignments, low grades) in
these classes may be transferred out and not recommended for future
placement in courses of this type. This may give other students who wish
to excel the opportunity to take these limited enrollment courses the next
year. While there are similarities between the two curriculums, following the Core curriculum may not qualify students for some scholarships and admission to certain colleges could be jeopardized. Students initially choosing the Core curriculum may subsequently change to the Smart Core curriculum providing they would be able to complete the required course of study by the end of their senior year. Students must consult with their school counselor to determine the feasibility of changing.
This policy,
the Smart Core curriculum, and the courses necessary for graduation shall
be reviewed by staff, students, and parents at least every other year to
determine if changes need to be made to better serve the needs of the
district’s students. The superintendent, or his/her designee, shall select
the composition of the review panel.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2014 AND THEREAFTER
Smart Core is Arkansas’s college- and career-ready curriculum for high school students.
College- and career-readiness in Arkansas means that students are prepared for success in entry-level, credit-bearing courses at two-year and four-year colleges and universities, in technical postsecondary training, and in well-paid jobs that support families and have pathways to advancement. To be college- and career ready, students need to be adept problem solvers and critical thinkers who can contribute and apply their knowledge in novel contexts and unforeseen situations. Smart Core is the foundation for college- and career-readiness. All students should supplement with additional rigorous coursework within their career focus.
Successful completion of the Smart Core curriculum is one of the eligibility requirements for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship. Failure to complete the Smart Core curriculum for graduation may result in negative consequences such as conditional admission to college and ineligibility for scholarship programs.
Parents or guardians may waive the right for a student to participate in Smart Core and to instead participate in the Core curriculum.
SMART CORE CURRICULUM
English – 4 units · English 9th grade · English 10th grade · English 11th grade · English 12th grade Mathematics - 4 units · Algebra I or Algebra A & B (Grades 7-8 or 8-9) · Geometry or Investigating Geometry or Geometry A & B (Grades 8-9 or 9-10) *A two-year algebra equivalent or a two-year geometry equivalent may each be counted as two units of the four-unit requirement for the purpose of meeting the graduation requirement, but only serve as one unit each toward fulfilling the Smart Core requirement. · Algebra II · Fourth Math—Choice of: Transitions to College Math, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Trigonometry, Statistics, Computer Math, Algebra III, or an Advanced Placement mathematics (Comparable concurrent credit college courses may be substituted where applicable.) Natural Science - 3 units with lab experience chosen from: · Physical Science · Biology or Applied Biology/Chemistry · Chemistry · Physics or Principles of Technology I & II or PIC Physics Social Studies - 3 units · Civics/American Government · World History - 1 unit · U.S. History – 1 unit Oral Communications - ½ unit Physical Education - ½ unit Health and Safety - ½ unit Economics – ½ unit (may be counted toward Social Studies or Career Focus) Fine Arts - ½ unit Career Focus – 6 units
CORE CURRICULUM English - 4 units · English 9th grade · English 10th grade · English 11th grade · English 12th grade Mathematics - 4 units · Algebra or its equivalent · Geometry or its equivalent · All math units must build on the base of algebra and geometry knowledge and skills. **A two-year algebra equivalent or a two-year geometry equivalent may each be counted as two units of the four (4) unit requirement. (Comparable concurrent credit college courses may be substituted where applicable.) Science - 3 units · At least one unit of Biology · At least one unit of a physical science Social Studies - 3 units · Civics or government - ½ unit · World History - 1unit · U.S. History - 1 unit Oral Communication - ½ unit Physical Education - ½ unit Health and Safety - ½ unit Economics – ½ unit (may be counted toward Social Studies or Career Focus) Fine Arts – ½ unit Career Focus - 6 units
The Core and
career focus units must total at least twenty-two (22) units to graduate.
A ninth through twelfth grade student who successfully completes a college course(s) from an institution approved by the Arkansas Department of Education shall be given credit toward high school grades and graduation at the rate of one-half (1/2) high school credit for each three (3) semester hours of college credit shall be applied toward the student’s graduation requirements as an elective.
Students are responsible for having the transcript for the concurrent credit course(s) they’ve taken sent to their school in order to receive credit for the course(s). Credit for concurrent credit courses will not be given until a transcript is received. Transcripts for students who take concurrent credit courses as partial fulfillment of the required full day of class for students in grades 9-12 are to be received by the school within 30 school days of the end of the semester in which the course is taken. Students may not receive credit for the course(s) they took or the credit may be delayed if the transcripts are not received in time, or at all. This may jeopardize students’ eligibility for extracurricular activities, graduation. Students will retain credit applied toward a course required for high school graduation from a previously attended, accredited, public school.
Any and all costs of high education courses taken for concurrent credit are the student’s responsibility. A.C.A. 6-15-902(c)(2) Arkansas Department of Education Rules and Regulations: Concurrent College and High School Credit for Students Who Have Completed the Eighth Grade.
CREDIT RECOVERY POLICY Booneville School District realizes the need to develop and implement a credit recovery program. The District intends to utilize software and other computer programs that include but are not limited to Jedi, Plato, and Nova Net. Students must maintain a minimum of 70% in all classes in which they are seeking to receive credit. Students will be expected to fulfill their requirements for the reading program for the relevant grade level for which credit is being sought. Credit recovery will not be a method of by-passing a class that is offered. A student must have failed the course in order to take said course in the credit recovery program. Students are encouraged to attempt credit recovery at the earliest available time after they have failed said course. Student must be deemed to have given an earnest attempt at failed course in order to be allowed into the credit recovery program. A committee of counselor, teacher, administrator, and LEA supervisor (if applicable) will make the decision. Credit recovery will not be limited to school hours only. Students may make arrangements with administration/counselor for noon, after school or before school access to the program. Course must be completed within the semester it is started. All course work must be turned into administrator in hard copy before final grade is given. Sixty (60) hours logged on computer for ½ unit credit recovery. One hundred twenty (120) hours logged on computer for one (1) unit credit recovery.
SELECTION/INSPECTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Homework is considered to be part of the educational program of the District. Assignments shall be an extension of the teaching/learning experience that promotes the student’s educational development. As an extension of the classroom, homework must be planned and organized and should be viewed by the students as purposeful.
Teachers should be aware of the potential problem students may have completing assignments from multiple teachers and vary the amount of homework they give from day to day.
Teachers should contact a student’s parent/guardian when a student has failed to turn in 2 assignments during a nine-week grading period.
Parents shall be notified of this policy at the beginning of each school year. Legal Reference: State Board of Education Rules & Regulations: Accreditation Standards 10.07
MAKE-UP WORK 1. Students are responsible for asking the teachers of the classes they missed what assignments they need to make up. 2. Teachers are responsible for providing the missed assignments when asked by a returning student. 3. Students are required to ask for their assignments on their first day back at school or their first class day after their return. 4. Make up tests are to be rescheduled at the discretion of the teacher, but must be aligned with the schedule of the missed work to be made up. 5. The make-up schedule will be as follows: a. 1-3 days absent: 2 days to make up work b. 4-6 days absent: 3 days to make up work c. 7-10 days absent: 5 days to make up work d. 11 or more days absent: teacher and principal/asst. principal will determine appropriate amount of make-up time 6. Make up work which is not turned in within the make up schedule for the assignment shall not receive full credit. 7. Students are responsible for turning in their make up work without the teacher having to ask for it. 8. Students who are absent on the day their make up work is due must turn in their work the day they return to school whether or not the class for which the work is due meet the day of their return. 9. Any student that is suspended out of school will not be able to make up work for credit. 10. Work may not be made up for credit for absences in excess of the number of allowable absences in a semester unless the absences are part of a signed agreement.
REPORT
CARDS
Students who do not score proficient or above on their grade level Benchmark Exams, or do not meet the satisfactory passing level on all general end-of-course (EOC) tests shall be required to participate in an individualized academic improvement plan (AIP). Each AIP shall be developed by school personnel and the student’s parents and shall be designed to assist the student in attaining the expected achievement level. The AIP shall also state the parent’s role as well as the consequences for the student’s failure to participate in the plan.
All students, unless exempted by the student’s individualized education program (IEP), must successfully pass all general EOC assessments they are required to take. To receive academic credit in a course requiring a student to take a general EOC assessment, the student must either receive a passing score on the initial assessment or successfully participate in the remediation program identified in his/her AIP. A student is not eligible to graduate if he/she fails to receive academic credit for the course and be eligible to graduate from high school. This is a high stakes assessment and students failing to receive a passing score the first time they take the assessment must receive a passing score on a subsequent assessment or on an alternative assessment as provided by law.
Students not in grades 10, 11, or 12 in the 2009-10 school year who have taken Algebra I but not received proper academic credit on their transcript for the course are now required to take the high stakes Algebra I test before they can receive academic credit for the course.
Students transferring into the district from an out-of-state public, private, or home school or an Arkansas private or home school who can demonstrate by an official transcript that he/she has received academic credit for the Algebra I is not required to take the Algebra I high stakes end of course assessment. The district, however, has the right to assess the student’s education status to determine if the student possesses the requisite passing knowledge of Algebra I.
A student transferring into the district that does not have academic credit in Algebra I must take the Algebra I high stakes EOC assessment and meet its requirements to be eligible for graduation.
Promotion/retention or graduation of students with an Individual Educational Plan(IEP) shall be based on their successful attainment of the goals set forth in their IEP.
Legal References: A.C.A. § 6-15-402 A.C.A. § 6-15-1602 A.C.A. § 6-15-2001 A.C.A. § 6-15-2005 A.C.A. § 6-15-2009 State Board of Education: Standards of Accreditation 12.04.3 ADE Rules Governing the ACTAAP and the Academic Distress Program 7.02-7.02.9, 7.03-7.03.7.3 1. Any student making all A’s during a nine weeks grading period will have his/her name placed on the Superintendent’s Honor Roll. 2. Any student making all A’s and B’s during a nine weeks grading period will have his/her name placed on the Principal’s Honor Roll. 3. To be eligible for the honor roll a student must be enrolled in core curriculum classes. Core curriculum refers to the regular curriculum of math, science, English, reading and social studies in which the adopted grade level textbooks are used.
1. Relevance to the local curriculum, state, and national standards 2. Literary merit including quality of writing and/or illustrations 3. Timeliness 4. Reading level 5. Popular appeal 6. Cost 7. Social significance and representation of diversity 8. Authority and accuracy of content 9. Format 10. Reputation and standards of the publisher or producer 11. Representation of differing viewpoints The library is
open to most students from 7:30 AM until 3:30 PM each school day. Most
materials may be checked out for a period of one week and may be rechecked
if necessary. A student may only recheck a book 3 times in a row. After
that, the book must be returned. The student may not check out any more
books until the book is returned or purchased. Report cards will be held
until books are returned or purchased.
The Booneville School district provides computers and Internet access for employees and students, to assist them in performing work related tasks. These district computers are not your personal computers; do not treat them as such. All laptops are to stay at the school in the location they are inventoried to. Laptops are to be used for school related purposes only, they are not to be taken home and used as a personal computer or loaned out to anybody. Users are advised that they enjoy no expectation of privacy in any aspect of their computer use, including email, and that under Arkansas law both email and computer use records maintained by the district are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
Passwords or security procedures are to be utilized as assigned, and confidentiality of student records relating to personnel is to be maintained at all times. Users must not disable or bypass security procedures, disclose passwords to other staff members or students, or grant students access to any computer not designated for student use. It is the policy of this school district to equip each computer with Internet filtering software designed to prevent users from accessing material that is harmful to minors. The designated District Technology Administrator or designee may authorize the disabling of the filter to enable access by an adult for a bona fide research or other lawful purpose.
Users who misuse district-owned computers in any way, including excessive personal use, using computers for personal use during instructional time, using computers to violate any other policy, knowingly or negligently allowing unauthorized access, or using the computers to access or create sexually explicit or pornographic text or graphics, will face disciplinary action, up to and including termination or non-renewal of the employment contract.
All users will sign a district computer use agreement at the beginning of each school year. This is to make sure that all staff is aware of the policies. In an effort to help protect student welfare when they navigate the Internet, the district will work to educate students about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms and cyber bullying awareness and response.
Date Adopted: June 11, 2002 Legal
Reference: 17 USC 117,
20 USC 6801 et. Seq. (Children’s
Internet Protection Act; PL 106-554) A.C.A. 6-21-107, A.C.A. 6-21-111 20
USC 6777 47 USC 254 (h) CONSEQUENCES
FOR FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THE COMPUTER USE GUIDELINES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
SECTION
III Students shall not be absent, as defined in this policy more than 10 days in a semester. When a student has 5 days absences, his/her parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis shall be notified that the student has missed half the allowable days for the semester. Notification shall be by telephone by the end of the school day in which such absence occurred or by regular mail with a return address sent no later than the following school day. Whenever a student exceeds 10 absences in a semester, the District shall notify the prosecuting authority and the parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis shall be subject to a civil penalty as prescribed by law. Students with more than 10 absences in a course in a semester shall not receive credit for that course. If the student fails to receive credit for a sufficient number of courses and at the discretion of the principal after consultation with persons having knowledge of the circumstances of the absences, the student may be denied promotion or graduation. Excessive absences, however, shall not be a reason for expulsion or dismissal of a student. It is the Arkansas General Assembly’s intention that students having excessive absences due to illness, accident, or other unavoidable reason be given assistance in obtaining credit for their courses. Therefore, at any time prior to when a student exceeds the number of allowable absences (unless unable to do so due to unforeseen circumstances), the student, or his/her parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis may petition the school or district’s administration for special arrangements to address the student’s absences. If formal arrangements are granted, they shall be formalized into a written agreement which will include the conditions of the agreement and the consequences for failing to fulfill the agreement’s requirements. The agreement shall be signed by the student, the student’s parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis, and the school or district administrator or designee. Unless a student’s excessive absence is due to an unforeseen circumstance, the District will not accept a doctor’s note for a student’s excessive absence. Days missed due to in-school or out-of-school suspension shall not count toward the allowable number of days absent. Additional Absences Additional absences that are not charged against the allowable number of absences are those where the student was on official school business or when the absence was due to one of the following reasons and the student brings a written statement upon his/her return to school from the parent, guardian, person in loco parentis, or appropriate government agency stating such reason: 1. To participate in an FFA, FHA, or 4-H sanctioned activity; 2. To participate in the election poll workers program for high school students; 3. To serve as a page for a member of the General Assembly; 4. To visit his/her parent or legal guardian who is a member of the military and been called to active duty, is on leave from active duty, or has returned from deployment to a combat zone or combat support posting; and 5. For purposes pre-approved by the school administration such as visiting prospective colleges, to obey a subpoena, or to attend at an appointment with a government agency; 6. Due to the student having been sent home from school due to illness. The District shall notify the Department of Finance and Administration whenever a student fourteen (14) years of age or older is no longer in school. The Department of Finance and Administration is required to suspend the former student’s operator’s license unless he/she meets certain requirements specified in the code. Applicants for an instruction permit or for a driver's license by persons less than eighteen (18) years old on October 1 of any year are required to provide proof of a high school diploma or enrollment and regular attendance in an adult education program or a public, private, or parochial school prior to receiving an instruction permit. To be issued a driver's license, a student enrolled in school shall present proof of a “C” average for the previous semester or similar equivalent grading period for which grades are reported as part of the student’s permanent record. COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS
Every parent, guardian or other person having custody or charge of any child age five (5) through seventeen (17) years on or before August 1 of that year who resides, as defined by policy, within the District shall enroll and send the child to a District school with the following exceptions.
1. The child is enrolled in private or parochial school. 2. The child is being home-schooled and the conditions of policy have been met. 3. The child will not be age six (6) on or before August 15 of that particular school year and the parent, guardian, or other person having custody or charge of the child elects not to have him/her attend kindergarten. A kindergarten waiver form prescribed by regulation of the Department of Education must be signed and on file with the District administrative office. 4. The child has received a high school diploma or its equivalent as determined by the State Board of Education. 5. The child is age sixteen (16) or above and is enrolled in a post-secondary vocational-technical institution, a community college, or a two-year or four-year institution of higher education. 6. The child is age sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) and has met the requirements to enroll in an adult education program as defined by A.C.A. § 6-18-201 (b).
Legal Reference: A.C.A. § 6-18-201 A.C.A. § 6-18-207
Regular attendance is important to student achievement. It should be encouraged as a means to successful accomplishments and a desirable habit that will be carried over into post school experiences. Perfect attendance should not be emphasized to the point of possible injury to the student or his/her classmates. Arkansas State Law requires regular attendance of all children until age eighteen (18) or graduation from high school. Student absences will be classified as either excused, unexcused, or school business. Every effort will be made to limit the interruptions and absences of instructional time of all extracurricular activities.
If students forget their note, they have 48 hours to get one turned in.
Additional excused absences shall be granted to allow a student to visit his/her parent or legal guardian who is a member of the military and been called to active duty, or has returned from deployment to a combat zone or combat support posting. The number of additional excused absences shall be at the discretion of the superintendent or designee. (A.C.A. § 6-27-113)
It is the Arkansas General Assembly’s intention that students having excessive excused absences be given assistance in obtaining credit for their courses. Excessive absences may, however, be the basis for the denial of course credit, promotion, or graduation.
Students who attend in-school suspension shall not be counted absent for those days.
Legal References: A.C.A 6-18-209 A.C.A 6-18-220 A.C.A 6-18-222 A.C.A 6-18-229 A.C.A 6-27-113 A.C.A 27-16-701, A.C.A. 7-4-116
Credit Review Committee Students who receive a grade of NC have ten school days from the end of the semester to appeal the loss of credit with the principal. If the principal denies this appeal, then the student’s parent/guardian may file an appeal with the Attendance Review Committee. The appeal shall be filed in writing within five school days after the principal’s decision. The appeal shall be filed at the superintendent’s office.
The junior high school Credit Review Committee will consist of, but is not limited to, the following members: the building principal or designee, regular classroom teachers, the counselor, and any special needs personnel deemed necessary.
Check-In Procedure A student who has missed a class or classes must bring a parent or professional note to school when they return. Re-admit slips are obtained in the office each morning from 7:30 a.m.-8:00 a.m. on the day the student comes back to school. Students MUST present a re-admit slip to each teacher to be allowed back into class. If a student does not get his/her re-admit slip before school starts, they will be given ½ day Saturday School.
Booneville Junior High School operates on a closed campus. Anytime a student needs to leave school early, a note must be presented to the office by first period. The note must have a parent/guardian signature and a valid phone number where the parent can be reached. The office will call on all notes to verify permission to leave school. We ask that students limit checking out to only necessary appointments. A parent/guardian may come to school to check a student out. The student must bring a check-in note when the return to school. Students who become ill and desire to leave campus during the school day must complete the following procedure: 1. After obtaining permission from their teacher, they are to contact the nurse. 2. They are to wait in the nurse’s office until the parent/guardian has been contacted by phone and has been granted permission to check out of school. 3. The student is to bring a note from parent/guardian or professional when returning to school. If he/she is out of parent notes, a professional note will need to be obtained or it will be considered an unexcused absence.
SECTION IV
No student will be allowed to check out and leave school without his/her parent or legal guardian signing the student out on the forms in the junior high school office. Notes and/or phone calls WILL NOT be accepted. No student may be checked out by anyone under 21 years of age. No student shall be taken from class or school and sent on errands except by permission of the principal and consent from the parent/guardian.
Tardies will be kept in each teacher’s grade book and on Scantron Sheets. The policy is per semester as follows: · 1-3 tardies Tardies Recorded · 4th tardy ½ day of Saturday School · 5th tardy 1 day of Saturday School · 6th tardy 3 days ISS · 7th tardy 5 days ISS · 8th tardy 7 days ISS · 9th tardy Parental meeting to determine appropriate punishment, which could range form loss of certain privileges (i.e.-driving to school), removal from extra curricular programs, to placement in ALE, and in extreme instances FINS petition filed where student will be taken before the juvenile judge.
DEMERIT SYSTEM 1. Dress and grooming should be clean and in keeping with good health and sanitary practices. 2. Shoes must be worn. 3. A student shall not wear types of clothes or use emblems, insignias, badges, or other symbols which cause disruption or interference with the operation of the school. 4. Shorts and skirts must be of an appropriate length.
1. Halter tops, tank tops, “see-through” blouses or shirts, tops with “spaghetti straps” (straps must be at least 2 inches wide or wide enough to cover under garments), do-rags and clothing with holes or ragged edges 2. Items of clothing which have vulgar, obscene, offensive, or suggestive messages, or liquor, tobacco or drug advertising 3. Sleeveless shirts which do not fit snugly around the shoulders 4. Sleeveless shirts that expose the lateral area of the wearer 5. Tops which expose the midriff 6. Spandex or Biker’s shorts 7. Jeans/slacks or shorts that are excessively tight or excessively baggy, “Sagging” is not allowed. 8. Jeans/slacks that are so long that they drag the floor and may interfere with walking. 9. Any appearance, clothing, or personal hygiene which causes a disruption to the educational environment of the school will not be allowed (i.e. Face art, body/face piercing, or other appearances that distracts teachers or students). 10. Clothing resembling sleepwear, such as pajamas, house shoes/slippers 11. Gloves (outside for cold weather or health reasons only) 12. Sunglasses (inside the building) 13. Any type of chain, including wallet chains, dog chains or collars, or studded apparel
14.
Colored hair gels and hair paints or dyes
that can get on books, desks, etc. or are colors which could be 15. Crutches or arm slings must be accompanied by a Dr.’s note in order to be allowed 16. No writing on students clothing or body parts by other students 17. Caps and hats may not be brought to school. Hoods and toboggans are not allowed to be worn on student’s head in the building. 18. Pants with holes must meet the same requirements as shorts: any holes may not be higher than the students outstretched fingertips. 19. Shorts must be longer than outstretched fingertips of the student. 20. Students are prohibited from wearing, while on school grounds during the school day and at school-sponsored events, clothing that exposes underwear, buttocks, or the breast of a female. This prohibition does not apply, however to a costume or uniform worn by a student while participating in a school-sponsored activity or event. Legal References: A.C.A § 6-18-502(c)(1) A.C.A § 6-18-503(c)
The principal
will decide appropriateness and will make the final decision in cases
where a question is involved. Students who do not adhere to this dress
code will be given school warm-ups to wear for the day. Students who are
repeatedly reprimanded for inappropriate clothing will be assigned
detention or Saturday School. Students whose appearance is disruptive to
the educational environment of the school will be sent home if their
appearance is of such a nature that it cannot be corrected at school. 1. Obey
supervisory personnel. 1. Students may have bottled water at school as long as it is in a bottled water bottle with a cap 2. No food or drinks (other than bottled water) may leave the cafeteria. 3. Students are not allowed to bring carbonated drinks to school. Students may bring water, tea, or juice in their lunches. Lunches should be in a lunch box or sack. 4. Fast food/restaurant lunch deliveries will not be made to students. 5. “Candy Bags” will not be delivered to students during school hours except on Homecoming Day and Valentine’s Day 6. Students are allowed to charge a maximum of $7.50 for paying students and $2.40 for reduced. After the maximum is reached, an alternate meal will be served. Students are to pre-pay prior to meal service to avoid holding up the serving line. 7. No checking out for lunch.
SCHOOL LUNCH SUBSTITUTIONS The district only provides substitute meal components on menus to accommodate students with handicapping conditions meeting the definition of a disability as defined in USDA regulations. A parent/guardian wishing to request such a dietary accommodation must submit a Certification of Disability for Special Dietary Needs Form completed by a licensed physician to the district’s Director of Child Nutrition.
The district will not prepare meals outside the normal menu to accommodate a family’s religious or personal health beliefs.
Anne Jester – Food Service Director
Legal References: Commissioner’s Memo FIN-09-044 7 CFR 210.10(g)
The Board of Education has a responsibility to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the District’s students and employees. To help maintain a safe environment conductive to high student achievement, the Board establishes policies necessary to regulate student behavior to promote an orderly school environment that is respectful of the rights of others and ensures the uniform enforcement of student discipline. Students are responsible for their conduct that occurs: at any time on the school grounds; off school grounds at a school sponsored function, activity, or event; going to and from school or a school activity.
The District’s administrators may also take disciplinary action against a student for off-campus conduct occurring at any time that would have a detrimental impact on school discipline, the educational environment, or the welfare of the students and/or staff. A student who has committed a criminal act while off campus and whose presence on campus could cause a substantial disruption to school or endanger the welfare of other students or staff is subject to disciplinary action up to and including expulsion. Such acts could include, but are not limited to a felony or an act that would be considered a felony if committed by an adult, an assault or battery, drug law violations, or sexual misconduct of a serious nature. Any disciplinary action pursued by the District shall be in accordance with the student’s appropriate due process rights.
The District’s student discipline policies shall be distributed to each student during the first week of school each year and to new students upon their enrollment. Each student’s parent or legal guardian shall sign and return to the school an acknowledgement form documenting that they have received the policies.
It is required by law that the principal, or the person in charge, report to the police any incidents where a person has committed or threatened to commit an act of violence or any crime involving a deadly weapon on school property or while under school supervision.
Legal references: A.C.A.§ 6-18-502, A.C.A.§6-17-113
TOYS, CARDS, ETC.
CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC
DEVICES At the same time, cell phones and other electronic devices can, in controlled situations, offer a means to enhance the student learning through their ability to access expanded sources of information. Teachers have the authority to permit student use of their cell phones for specific classroom lesson plans or projects. Students must abide by the guidelines the teacher gives for any such authorization. Students who fail to do so will be subject to the provisions of this policy governing misuse of cell phones. Unless otherwise permitted in this policy, from the time of the first bell until after the last bell, students are forbidden from having cell phones, any paging device, beeper, or similar electronic communication devices, cameras, as well as MP3 players, iPods, and other portable music devices. After normal school hours, possession of cell phones, any paging device, beeper, or similar electronic communication devices, cameras, MP3 players, iPods, and other portable music devices is permitted on the school campus. The use of such devices at school sponsored functions outside the regular school day is permitted to the extent and within the limitations allowed by the event or activity the student is attending. Students using cell phones or other electronic communication devices, cameras, MP3 players, iPods, and other portable music devices after the first bell and before the last bell shall have them confiscated. Confiscated cell phones and other electronic communication devices may be picked up at the school’s administration office by the student’s parents or guardians. Students have no right of privacy as to the content contained on any cell phones and other electronic communication devices that have been confiscated. Students who use a school issued cell phone and/or computer for non-school purposes, except as permitted by the district’s Internet/computer use policy, shall be subject to discipline, up to and including suspension or expulsion. For the purpose
of this policy, the use of a cell phone or other communication device
includes any incoming call, text message, message waiting, or any other
audible sound coming from the phone or device. The student and/or the
student’s parents or guardians expressed, assume any risk associated with
students owning or possessing technology equipment.
Booneville Jr. High School is not responsible for any stolen cell phone.
Consequences
for use during the school day: 1. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other inappropriate oral, written, or physical conduct of a sexual nature when made by a member of the school staff to a student, when made by any student to another student, or when made by a student to a member of the school staff constitutes sexual harassment when: a. submission to such conduct is made a term or condition of an individual’s education, b. submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for academic decisions affecting that individual, or c. such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual’s academic or professional performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment. 2. Sexual harassment, as defined above may include but is not limited to the following: a. verbal sexual harassment or sexual abuse b. pressure for sexual activity c. repeated remarks to a person, with sexual or demeaning implications d. unwelcome touching, grabbing, or pinching body parts e. pulling off your own or someone else’s clothes f. showing sexual drawings or pictures g. making sexual comments, gestures, or jokes h. writing sexual graffiti
i.
suggesting or
demanding sexual involvement accompanied by implied or explicit threats
concerning one’s grades, job, etc. PROCEDURES
Retaliatory action will be
handled according to Personnel Policy for staff members or as a discipline
action against a student which may include, but not be limited to,
Detention, Saturday School, corporal punishment, In or Out-of-School
Suspension, or referral to the superintendent for expulsion. CONDUCT 1. Disrespect for school employees and failing to comply with their reasonable directions or otherwise demonstrating insubordination; 2. Disruptive behavior that interferes with orderly school operations; 3. Willfully and intentionally assaulting or threatening to assault or physically abusing any student or school employee; 4. Possession of any weapon that can reasonably be considered capable of causing bodily harm to another individual; 5. Possession or use of tobacco in any form on any property owned or leased by any public school; 6. Willfully or intentionally damaging, destroying, or stealing school property; 7. Possession of any cell phones, other communication devices, pagers, cameras, MP3 players, iPods, and other portable music devices on school campus during normal school hours (unless stored in silent mode in student’s locker or vehicle) unless specifically exempted by the administration for health or other compelling reasons; 8. Possession, selling, distributing, or being under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, any illegal drug, unauthorized inhalants, or the inappropriate use or sharing of prescription or over the counter drugs, or other intoxicants, or anything represented to be a drug; 9. Inappropriate public displays of affection; 10. Cheating, copying, or claiming another person’s work to be his/her own; 11. Gambling; 12. Inappropriate student dress; 13. Use of vulgar, profane, or obscene language or gestures; 14. Truancy; 15. Excessive tardiness; 16. Engaging in behavior designed to taunt, degrade, or ridicule another person on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, or disability; 17. Hazing, or aiding in the hazing of another student; 18. Gangs or gang-related activities, including belonging to secret societies of any kind, are forbidden on school property. Gang insignias, clothing, “throwing signs” or other gestures associated with gangs are prohibited; 19. Sexual Harassment. 20. Bullying. 21. Carrying messages/Spreading malicious rumors 22. Misuse of Internet 23. Gum Chewing 24. Any other misconduct which is subversive to good order and discipline in the school, even though such behavior is not specified in the preceding rules. 25. Possess, view, distribute or electronically transmit sexually explicit or vulgar images or representations whether electronically, on a data storage device, or in hard copy form. 26. Students are not allowed to do any piercing on school campus The Board directs each
school in the District to develop implementation regulations for
prohibited student conduct consistent with applicable Board policy, State
and Federal laws, and judicial decisions. DISCIPLINARY
RANGE OF INTERVENTIONS · verbal reprimand · communication to parent by note or telephone · conference with parent at school · restitution for damages · removal of school transportation privileges · Detention · Saturday detention (1/2 day 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM & full day 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM) · exclusion from extracurricular activities · corporal punishment · referral to school counselor · in school suspension (ISS) · probation · out of school suspension (OSS) · referral to law enforcement agency: (Note: This may result in the student being issued a citation. Parent will be notified if possible the day of the citation.) · referral to outside agency · tardy · suspension until parent conference · expulsion · other disciplinary techniques deemed appropriate by the principal
EXPECTED
STUDENT BEHAVIOR · Students will be in their seat when the bell rings. · Students will bring adequate study materials to class daily. · Students will comply immediately and courteously with any reasonable request of any staff member. · Students will behave in a cooperative and non-disruptive manner at all times. · Students will be truthful at all times.
Furthermore, it is unlawful, during regular school hours, and in a place where a public school employee is required to be in the course of his or her duties, for any person to address a public school employee using language which, in its common understanding, is calculated to: a)cause a breach of the peace; b)materially and substantially interfere with the operation of the school; c)arouse the person to whom it is addressed to anger, to the extent likely to cause imminent retaliation. Students guilty of such an offense may be subject to legal proceedings in addition to the student disciplinary measures. Punishment range: 10 day suspension to recommend expulsion and police notification.
Legal references: A.C.A.§
6-17-106 Rule: Habitual Unacceptable Behavior Punishment Range: Detention to Recommended expulsion Rule: Fighting Punishment
Range: Out of School Suspension to Recommendation of Expulsion Punishment Range: 3 days Out of School Suspension to recommended expulsion and police notification A student, who has presented a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance to the appropriate office personnel, may drive his/her vehicle to school. Vehicles driven to school shall be parked in the area designated for student parking.
Students are not permitted to loiter in parking areas and are not to return to their vehicles for any reason unless given permission to do so by school personnel.
It is understood that there is no expectation of privacy in vehicles in parking areas. Drivers of vehicles parked on a school campus will be held accountable for illegal substances or any other item prohibited by District policy found in their vehicle. Any student parking a vehicle on campus is granting permission for school or law enforcement authorities to search that vehicle.
AUTOMOBILES/MOTORCYCLES
Students will
be assigned a parking spot in the parking lot or area in front of the band
room. 1. No make-up work or credit will be allowed for time of the truancy. 2. Five (5) days detention ½ day Saturday School, three (3) swats SECOND TRUANCY 1. No make-up work or credit will be allowed for time of the truancy. 2. Three (3) days ISS and a parent meeting THIRD TRUANCY 1. No make-up work or credit will be allowed for time of the truancy. 2. One (1) week ISS FOURTH TRUANCY 1. No make-up work or credit will be allowed for time of the truancy.
2.
Students will
be suspended from school for a period of three (3) days TOBACCO
POSSESSION AND USE VANDALISM
AND DAMAGE TO SCHOOL PROPERTY ASSAULTS
ABUSE
EATING/DRINKING AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES FORGERY
HARASSMENT Harassment
occurs when students disturb, annoy, torment, pester, or continue to
bother either another student or staff. REASONABLE
FORCE 1. Protect a person, including the person being restrained, from physical injury, obtain possession of a weapon or other dangerous object. 2. Protect property from serious damage. 3. Remove from a specific location students refusing a lawful command of a school employee, including from a classroom or other school property, in order to restore order or to impose disciplinary measure.
SEXUAL
HARASSMENT/INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL ACTIVITY
WEAPONS AND DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS
No student shall possess a weapon, display what appears to be a weapon, or threaten to use a weapon while in school, on or about school property, before or after school, in attendance at school or any school sponsored activity, en route to or from school or any school sponsored activity, off the school grounds at any school bus stop, or at any school sponsored activity or event. Military personnel, such as ROTC cadets, acting in the course of their official duties are accepted.
A weapon is defined as any knife, gun, pistol, revolver, shotgun, BB gun, rifle, pellet gun, razor, ice pick, dirk, box cutter, numchucks, pepper spray or other noxious spray, explosive, or any other instrument or substance capable of causing bodily harm.
Possession means having a weapon, as defined in this policy, on the student’s body or in an area under his/her control. If, prior to any questioning or search by any school personnel, a student discovers that he/she has accidentally brought a weapon to school including a weapon that is in a vehicle on school grounds, and the student informs the principal or a staff person immediately, the student will not be considered to be in possession of a weapon. The weapon shall be confiscated and held in the office until such time as the student’s parent/legal guardian shall pick up the weapon from the school’s office. Repeated offenses are unacceptable and shall be grounds for disciplinary action against the student as otherwise provided for in this policy.
Except as permitted in this policy, students found to be in possession on the school campus of a firearm shall be recommended for expulsion for a period of not less than one year. The superintendent shall have the discretion to modify such expulsion recommendation for a student on a case-by-case basis. Parents or legal guardians of students expelled under this policy shall be given a copy of the current laws regarding the possibility of parental responsibility for allowing a child to possess a firearm on school property. Parents or legal guardians shall sign a statement acknowledging that they have read and understand said laws prior to readmitting the student. Parents or legal guardians of a student enrolling from another school after the expiration of an expulsion period for a firearm policy violation shall also be given a copy of the current laws regarding the possibility of parental responsibility for allowing a child to possess a firearm on school property. The parents or legal guardians shall sign a statement acknowledging that they have read and understand said laws prior to the student being enrolled in school.
The mandatory expulsion requirement for possession of a firearm does not apply to a firearm visibly stored inside a locked vehicle on school property nor to activities approved and authorized by the district that include the use of firearms. Such activities may include ROTC programs, hunting safety or military education, or before- or after-school hunting or rifle clubs.
A firearm brought inadvertently to school by a student shall be grounds for disciplinary action against the student, but the School Board of Directors may consider the “inadvertent circumstances” of the incident in determining the student’s discipline.
The district
shall report any student who brings a firearm to school to the criminal
justice system or juvenile delinquency system by notifying local law
enforcement.
INSULT OR
ABUSE OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE Students not present at school, cannot benefit from the educational opportunities the school environment affords. Administrators, therefore, strive to find ways to keep students in school as participants in the educational process. There are instances, however, when the needs of the other students or the interests of the orderly learning environment require the removal of a student from school. The Board authorizes school principals or their designees to suspend students for disciplinary reasons for a period of time not to exceed ten (10) school days, including the day upon which the suspension is imposed. The suspension may be in school or out of school. Students are responsible for their conduct that occurs; at any time on the school grounds; off school grounds at a school-sponsored function, activity, or event; going to and from school or a school activity. A student may be suspended for behavior including, but not limited to that which: 1. Is in violation of school policies, rules, or regulations; 2. Substantially interferes with the safe and orderly educational environment; 3. School administrators believe will result in the substantial interference with the safe and orderly educational environment; and/or 4. Is insubordinate, incorrigible, and violent or involves moral turpitude.
The school principal or designee shall proceed as follows in deciding whether or not to suspend a student. 1. The student shall be given written notice or advised orally of the charges against him/her; 2. If the student denies the charges, he/she shall be given an explanation of the evidence against him/her and be allowed to present his/her version of the facts; 3. If the principal finds the student guilty of the misconduct, he/she may be suspended.
· A primary call number · The contact may be voice, voice mail, or text message · An email address · A regular first class letter to the last known mailing address
The district shall keep a log of contacts attempted and made to the parent or legal guardian.
Out-of-school suspensions shall be treated as unexcused absences and during the period of suspension students shall not be permitted on campus except to attend a student/parent/administrator conference.
In-school suspension shall be treated as if the student was present at school. The student shall not attend any school-sponsored activities during the imposed suspension nor shall the student participate in any school-sponsored activities.
Suspensions initiated by the principal or his/her designee may be appealed to the Superintendent, but not to the Board.
Suspensions initiated by the Superintendent may be appealed to the Board. Legal References: A.C.A. 6-18-507, Goss v Lopez, 419 U.S. 565 (1975)
1. A teacher may temporarily dismiss students from class for disciplinary reasons 2. The teacher shall, when feasible, accompany students to the office of the principal or designee and shall, as soon as practical, file with the principal a written statement about the student’s dismissal from class. 3. The principal or designee shall determine whether to reinstate students in class, reassign them or take other disciplinary action. 4. The principal or designee of any school is authorized to suspend students from school for disciplinary reasons up to ten school days, including the day upon which the suspension was initially imposed. 5. Prior to suspension, the principal or designee shall inform students either orally or in writing about the infraction. 6. If students deny charges, the principal shall explain to them the evidence that forms a basis of the charges and shall permit students to present their side of the story. 7. When the principal considers that an out-of-school suspension is proper, he/she shall send the student(s) home. 8. Students in OSS may not attend or participate in any school function at home or away. Failure to adhere to this policy may result in trespassing charges being filed.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
1. It will be administered in the presence of at least one certified employee in addition to the person dispensing the punishment. 2. It will not be administered in the presence of other students. 3. It will not be administered with malice or anger or in excess. 4. Before corporal punishment is administered, the student should be advised of the rule and infraction for which the student is being punished in the presence of the witness. If the student claims innocence, the certified employees will permit the student to state his/her position. School officials are not required to conduct formal hearings prior to corporal punishment. 5. The principal will be notified when corporal punishment is administered, and a written report shall be filed in the principal’s office. 6. The instrument to be used in administering corporal punishment shall be approved by the principal and will be maintained in an administrator’s office. Students who refuse the administration of corporal punishment may be suspended until such time that they return to receive assigned punishment.
Act 904 of
1977 authorizes any teacher or principal to use corporal punishment in a
reasonable manner against any pupil for good cause in order maintain
discipline and order within the public schools. In 1977, the United States
Supreme Court held that spanking children as a means of maintaining school
discipline did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment in
violation of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution.
SATURDAY SCHOOL DETENTION The date for Saturday
School may be moved one week at the request of the parent/guardian
(provided Saturday School is in session on that date) to the
principal/assistant principal. If a student fails to attend the assigned
Saturday School, the principal/assistant principal will have the
discretion to either double the amount of time assigned or suspend the
student from school. Parents are responsible for the transportation of
their child to and from Saturday School. If the student is suspended for
missing Saturday School they will make up their Saturday School when they
return from the suspension. School property shall include, but not be limited to, lockers, desks, and parking lots, as well as personal effects left there by students. When possible, prior notice will be given and the student will be allowed to be present along with an adult witness, however, searches may be done at any time with or without notice or the student’s consent. A personal search must not be excessively intrusive in light of the age and sex of the student and the nature of the infraction. The Superintendent, principals, and their designees may request the assistance of law enforcement officials to help conduct searches. Such searches may include the use of specially trained dogs. A school official of the same sex shall conduct personal searches with an adult witness of the same sex present. State Law requires that Department of Human Services employees, local law enforcement, or agents of the “Crimes Against Children” Division of the Department of Arkansas State Police, may interview students without a court order for the purpose of investigating suspected child abuse. In instances where the interviewers deem it necessary, they may exercise a “72-hour hold” without first obtaining a court order. Other questioning of students by non-school personnel shall be granted only with a court order directing such questioning, with permission of the parents of a student (or the student if above eighteen [18] years of age), or in response to a subpoena or arrest warrant. If the District makes a report to any law enforcement agency concerning student misconduct or if access to a student is granted to a law enforcement agency due to a court order, the principal or the principal’s designee shall make a good faith effort to contact the student’s parent, legal guardian, or other person having lawful control by court order, or person acting in loco parentis on student enrollment forms. The principal or the principal's designee shall not attempt to make such contact if presented documentation by the investigator that notification is prohibited because a parent, guardian, custodian, or person standing in loco parentis is named as an alleged offender of the suspected child maltreatment. This exception applies only to interview requests made by a law enforcement officer, an investigator of the Crimes Against Children Division of the Department of Arkansas State Police, or an investigator or employee of the Department of Human Services. In instances other than those related to cases of suspected child abuse, principals must release a student to either a police officer who presents a subpoena for the student, or a warrant for arrest, or to an agent of state social services or an agent of a court with jurisdiction over a child with a court order signed by a judge. Upon release of the student, the principal or designee shall give the student’s parent, legal guardian, or other person having lawful control by court order, or person acting in loco parentis notice that the student has been taken into custody by law enforcement personnel or a state’s social services agency. If the principal or designee is unable to reach the parent, he or she shall make a reasonable, good faith effort to get a message to the parent to call the principal or designee, and leave both a day and an after hours telephone number. Legal Reference: A.C.A. § 6-18-513, A.C.A. § 12-18-609 610,613, A.C.A. § 12-18-1001,1005, A.C.A. § 9-13-104
EXPULSION
POLICY ON STUDENTS
PRESENTING A DANGER The following actions are prohibited by students on school property or at school functions: 1. Wearing or possessing any clothing, bandanas, jewelry, symbol, or other sign associated with membership in, or representative of, any gang; 2. Engaging in any verbal or nonverbal act such as throwing signs, gestures, or handshakes representative of membership in any gang; 3. Recruiting, soliciting, or encouraging any person through duress or intimidation to become or remain a member of any gang; and/or 4. Extorting payment from any individual in return for protection from harm from any gang. 5. Students found to be in violation of this policy shall be subject to disciplinary action up to and including expulsion. Students arrested for gang related activities occurring off school grounds shall be subject to the same disciplinary actions as if they had occurred on school grounds. Legal References: A.C.A. § 6-15-1005(b)(2) A.C.A. § 5-74-201
BUS TRANSPORTATION 1. Be at the bus stop at the scheduled time, stand back about 10 feet from the bus stop and wait until the door is opened before moving closer to the bus. Do not play on the highway. 2. While waiting for the bus, students must remain in a safe place away from traffic. If you miss the bus, do not attempt to hitch-hike a ride to or from school. 3. While loading or unloading, enter or leave the bus orderly and quickly. 4. While riding the bus, students are under the supervision of the driver and must obey the driver at all times. 5. Students are expected to conduct themselves in a manner such that they will not distract the attention of their driver or disturb other riders on the bus. 6. Do not change seats. 7. Students must keep seated while the bus in motion. 8. Students must not tamper with any of the safety devices such as door latches, fire extinguishers, etc. 9. Students are not to put their hands, arms, head or body out of the windows. 10. Students are not to deface the bus or any school property.
11.
If the student must cross the highway to
enter the bus, wait until the bus has come to a complete stop
12.
Students who must cross the road after
leaving the bus in the afternoon must go to a point on the
13.
Do not damage road signs or warning signals
placed by the Highway Department. Do not damage 14. Students who do not obey these rules may be denied the privilege of riding the school bus. Legal Reference: A.C.A. § 6-19-119 (b), Ark. Division of Academic Facilities and Transportation Rules Governing Maintenance and Operations of Ark. Public School Buses and Physical Examinations of School Bus Drivers 4.0 In accordance with Act 247 of 2005, a person over eighteen (18) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person: 1. Enters a school bus with the intent to commit a criminal offense; 2. Enters a school bus and disregards the orders or instructions of the driver; 3. Enters a school bus and refuses to leave the bus after being ordered to do so by the driver; 4. Intentionally causes or attempts to cause a disruption or an annoyance to another person on the bus; or
5.
Recklessly
engages in conduct that creates a substantial risk of creating
apprehension in any person on the bus. 4th Offense: 5 days bus suspension 5th Offense: Loss of bus privileges for remainder of school year Students
may receive swats for ½ day Saturday School.
SECTION V
The District believes in providing opportunities for
students to participate in extracurricular activities that can help enrich
the student’s educational experience. At the same time, the District
believes that a student’s participation in extracurricular activities
cannot come at the expense of his/her classroom academic achievement.
Interruptions of instructional time in the classroom are to be minimal and
absences from class to participate in extracurricular activities shall not
exceed one per week per extracurricular activity (excluding tournaments).
1. No student will be allowed to hold office unless he/she has a conduct grade of “C” or better in all courses. An officer whose grades fall below a “C” will be given a warning. He/she will be allowed four (4) weeks to bring his/her grades up. The grades will be determined by last semester grades. 2. No student will be allowed to hold office unless he/she has a conduct grade of ”C” or better based upon the last semester grade. If an officer is involved in a major discipline problem, he/she shall be removed from office. 3. School clubs must be approved by the board of education and the administration. 4. Students have the right to join an existing club and will not be denied membership on the basis of race, handicap, origin, or sex. 5. All clubs and organizations must be sponsored by a certified faculty member.
CHEERLEADERS AND DRILL TEAM 1. A student promoted from the sixth grade to the seventh grade automatically meets scholarship requirements for participation in competitive interscholastic activities. 2. A student promoted from the seventh grade to eighth grade automatically meets scholarship requirements for the first semester. The second semester eighth grader and the first semester ninth grader meet the scholarship requirements for junior high if he/she has passed four (4) academic courses the previous semester, three (3) of which must be in the core curriculum as specified by the Arkansas Department of Education 3. The first semester ninth-grade student meets the scholarship requirements for junior high if he/she has successfully passed four (4) academic courses the previous semester, three (3) of which shall be in the core curriculum areas of math, science, social studies, and language arts. The second semester ninth-grade student meets the scholarship requirements for junior high if he/she has successfully passed (4) academic courses the previous semester which counts toward his/her graduation requirements. Ninth-grade students must meet the requirements of the senior high scholarship rule by the end of the second semester in the ninth grade in order to be eligible to participate the fall semester of their tenth-grade year.
4.
In order to be considered eligible to
participate in competitive interscholastic activities, students with SCHOOL
SPONSORED STUDENT ACTIVITY INSURANCE
All meetings held on school premises must be scheduled and
approved by the principal. The school, its agents, and employees retain
the authority to maintain order and discipline and to protect the well
being of students and faculty. Fraternities, sororities, and secret
societies are forbidden in the District’s schools. Membership to student
organizations shall not be by a vote of the organization’s members. HOMECOMING ACTIVITIES Each year, in conjunction with homecoming, the student council sponsors activities designed to honor former students of BHS. These activities usually consist of dress up days, a pep rally, and a parade. One representative from each class (7th – 12th) will be elected by a vote from each individual class. The queen will be elected from the 12th grade students. The class representatives and queen all must have a 2.0 GPA and must meet AAA guidelines. All classes, clubs, and campus organizations are encouraged to have an entry in the homecoming parade which is held on the afternoon of the homecoming football game. SECTION VI
Any student who becomes ill or is
injured at school will be cared for by the teacher, principal, school
nurse, or secretary. If a student becomes too ill to remain in class
and/or could be contagious to other students, the school nurse, principal
or designee will attempt to notify the student’s parent or legal guardian.
The student will remain in the nurse’s office or area where he/she can be
supervised until the end of the school day or until the parent/legal
guardian can check the student out of school. If a student becomes
seriously ill or is injured while at school and the parent/legal guardian
cannot be contacted, the failure to make such contact shall not
unreasonably delay the school’s expeditious transport of the student to an
appropriate medical car facility. The school assumes no responsibility for
treatment of the student. When available, current and applicable, the
student’s emergency contact numbers and medical information will be
utilized. Parents are strongly encouraged to keep this information up to
date. Accident insurance is available for students. 1. Any medication given at school must be by doctor’s prescription. Consideration will be given to parent’s written request for special circumstances in which over-the-counter medication might be needed. 2. Prescription medication must be in the original container with the child’s name on the prescription label. 3. A consent form must be signed by a parent/guardian and on file in the school office before any medication will be given at school. Consent forms can be picked up from the school nurse. Hand written notes are not acceptable. 4. Permission for long-term medication must be renewed at the beginning of each semester. 5. Parents must bring medication to school on the first day it is to be administered.
HEAD LICE
A. All students and staff in Arkansas Public Schools have constitutional rights to a free, suitable program of educational experience and employment. The school(s) shall provide a sanitary environment and adhere to the established routines for the handling of any body fluids as recommended by the Centers of Disease Control. B. Staff
members/students identified as HIV positive will follow the following
guidelines: 3. The physician of the staff member/student will determine if secondary infections, such as Tuberculosis constitutes a recognized risk of transmission in the school setting. Should this be the case, the superintendent shall determine the proper and correct action to be taken. This decision will be consistent with State and Federal Statutes. 4. The process must be subject to periodic review in accordance with State and Federal Statutes, including due process and appeal. 5. Confidentiality of HIV persons, staff/student, shall be observed to the utmost. The following people will be aware of the medical condition of the infected person: * Superintendent or his/her designee * The personal physician * The teacher(s) of the infected student * School nurse will be the liaison with the student and their physician * The school nurse will coordinate all services for the student
C. Student’s guidelines for having HIV/AIDS or AIDS Related Complex (ARC) are as follows: 1. Any student with AIDS/ARC may attend classes, with proper personal physician consent, and will be eligible. 2. The confidentiality will be observed. 3. Special Education can/will be provided if determined to be necessary. 4. Any student with AIDS/ARC will be automatically dismissed if outbreaks of measles, chicken pox, or other childhood diseases are occurring in the school population. D. The Board of Education hereby authorizes the superintendent to make the determination of exclusion of the staff/student suffering from reportable disease, as defined by the Arkansas Department of Health, on a temporary basis not to exceed ten (10) school days and must be brought before the Board of Education in a regular or special meeting with the infected individual having the opportunity for a hearing. Due process will be followed in each case. E. Any school staff member who violates confidentiality will be disciplined according to the procedures listed in the personnel policy (Ref. 3). F. Mandatory screening for communicable diseases that are not spread by casual, everyday contact, such as HIV infection, shall not be a condition for school reentry or attendance or for employment or continued employment (Ref. 1).
PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS OR SCREENINGS GENERAL POLICIES
BULLYING POLICY A school principal or his or her designee who receives a credible report or complaint of bullying shall promptly investigate the complaint or report and make a record of the investigation and any action taken as a result of the investigation. Definitions: Attribute means an actual or perceived personal characteristic including without limitation race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, socioeconomic status, academic status, disability, gender, gender identity, physical appearance, health condition, or sexual orientation; Bullying means the intentional harassment, intimidation, humiliation, ridicule, defamation, or threat or incitement of violence by a student against another student or public school employee by a written, verbal, electronic, or physical act that may address an attribute of the other student, public school employee, or person with whom the other student or public school employee is associated and that causes or creates actual or reasonably foreseeable: · Physical harm to a public school employee or student or damage to the public school employee’s or student’s property; · Substantial interference with a student’s education or with a public school employee’s role in education; · A hostile educational environment for one (1) or more students or public school employees due to the severity, persistence, or pervasiveness of the act; or · Substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the school or educational environment;
Electronic act means without limitation a communication or image transmitted by means of an electronic device, including without limitation a telephone, wireless phone or other wireless communications device, computer, or pager that results in the substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the school or educational environment. Electronic acts of bullying are prohibited whether or not the electronic act originated on school property or with school equipment, if the electronic act is directed specifically at students or school personnel and maliciously intended for the purpose of disrupting school, and has a high likelihood of succeeding in the purpose;
Harassment means a pattern of unwelcome verbal or physical conduct relating to another person’s constitutionally or statutorily protected status that causes, or reasonably should be expected to cause, substantial interference with the other’s performance in the school environment; and
Substantial disruption means without limitation that any one or more of the following occur as a result of the bullying: · Necessary cessation of instruction or educational activities; · Inability of students or educational staff to focus on learning or function as an educational unit because of a hostile environment; · Severe or repetitive disciplinary measures are needed in the classroom or during educational activities; · Exhibition of other behaviors by students or educational staff that substantially interfere with the learning environment.
11. Sexual harassment 12. Teasing or name-calling based on the belief or perception that an individual is not conforming to expected gender roles.
Students are encouraged to report behavior they consider to be bullying; including a single action which if allowed to continue would constitute bullying, to their teacher or the building principal. The report may be made anonymously. Teachers and other school employees who have witnessed, or are reliably informed that, a student has been a victim of behavior they consider to be bullying, including a single action which if allowed to continue would constitute bullying, shall report the incident(s) to the principal. Parents or legal guardians may submit written reports of incidents they feel constitute bullying to the principal. The principal shall make further investigation and determine if disciplinary action is warranted.
The person or persons reporting behavior they consider to be bullying shall not be subject to retaliation or reprisal in any form. Students found to be in violation of this policy shall be subject to disciplinary action up to and including expulsion. In determining the appropriate disciplinary action, consideration may be given to other violations of the student handbook which may have simultaneously occurred.
Notice of what constitutes bullying, the District’s prohibition against bullying, and the consequences for students who bully shall be conspicuously posted in every classroom, cafeteria, restroom, gymnasium, auditorium, and school bus. Parents, students, school volunteers, and employees shall be given copies of the notice. Legal
Reference: A.C.A. 6-18-518 1. Involve parents and the community in the development of the long range planning of the district;
2.
Give the
schools in the district the support necessary to enable them to plan and
implement effective
3.
Have a
coordinated involvement program where the involvement activities of the
district enhance the
4.
Explain to
parents and the community the state’s content and achievement standards,
state and local
5.
Provide
parents with the materials and training they need to be better able to
help their child achieve.
6.
Educate
district staff, with the assistance of parents, in ways to work and
communicate with parents
7.
Keep parents
informed about parental involvement program, meeting, and other activities
they could
8.
Find ways to
eliminate barriers that work to keep parents from being involved in their
child’s
9.
Find and model
other successful parent and community involvement programs to suit the
needs of 10. Train parents to enhance and promote the involvement of other parents;
11.
Provide
reasonable support for other parental involvement activities as parents
may reasonably 20 U.S.C. 6318 (aX2),(A),B),(C),(D),(E)(NCLB
Act of 2001, Section 1118)
HOMELESS STUDENTS 1. Continue educating the child who became homeless between academic years or during an academic year in their school or origin for the duration of their homelessness; 2. Continue educating the child in his/her school of origin who become permanently housed during an academic year for the remainder of the academic year; or 3. Enroll the homeless child in the school appropriate for the attendance zone where the child lives.
a) are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placement; b) have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings; c) are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; d) Migratory children who are living in circumstances described in clauses (a) through (c).
STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN
SURVEYS 1. political affiliations; 2. mental and psychological problems potentially embarrassing to the student or his family; 3. sex behavior and attitudes; 4. illegal, antisocial, self-incriminating, and demeaning behavior; 5. critical appraisals of other individuals with whom respondents have close family relationships; 6. legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those of lawyers, physicians, and ministers; 7. religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the students or student’s parent; or
8.
income (other than that required by law to
determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving
Prior written parental permission is required before any survey or questionnaire (not including tests mandated by state or Federal law or regulation and standardized scholastic achievement tests) is administered to a student the responses to which are to be provided to a person or entity other than another public school, school district, or any branch of the Federal Government and which requests or requires a student to provide any of the eight (8) categories of information listed above and/or the following: 1. A student’s name; 2. The name of the student’s parent or member of the student’s family; 3. The address, telephone number, or email address of a student or a member of a student’s family; 4. A personal identification number, such as a social security number, driver’s license number, or student identification number of a student or a member of the student’s family; 5. Any information, the disclosure of which is regulated, or prohibited by any other state or federal law or regulation. The right
provided to parents under this policy transfer to the student when he/she
turns 18 years old. The Board of Directors has a responsibility to maintain discipline, protect the safety, security, and welfare of its students, staff, and visitors while at the same time safeguarding district facilities, vehicles, and equipment. As part of fulfilling this responsibility, the board authorizes the use of video/audio surveillance cameras, automatic identification technology, data compilation devices, and technology capable of tracking the physical location of district equipment, students and/or personnel.
The placement of video/audio surveillance cameras shall be based on the presumption and belief that students, staff and visitors have no reasonable expectation of privacy anywhere on or near school property, facilities, vehicles, or equipment, with the exception of places such as rest rooms or dressing areas where an expectation of bodily privacy is reasonable and customary.
Signs shall be posted on campus buildings and in district vehicles to notify students, staff, and visitors that video cameras may be in use. Parents and students shall also be notified through the student handbook that cameras may be in use in school buildings, on school grounds and in school vehicles. Students will be held responsible for any violations of school discipline rules caught by the cameras and other technologies authorized in this policy.
The district shall retain copies of video recordings until they are erased ¹which may be accomplished by either deletion or copying over with a new recording. Other than video recordings being retained under the provisions of this policy’s following paragraph, the District’s video recordings may be erased any time greater than 2 days after they were created.
Videos automatic
identification, or data compilations containing evidence of a violation of
student conduct rules and/or state or federal law shall be retained until
issue of the misconduct is no longer subject to review or appeal as
determined by board policy or student handbook; ²any release or viewing of
such records shall be in accordance with current law. 20 USC 1232(g), 34 CFR 99.3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 31
It is a goal of the Board and the District to be responsive to the community it serves and to continuously improve the educational program offered in its schools. The Board or the District welcomes constructive criticism when it is offered with the intent of improving the quality of the system’s educational program or the delivery of the District’s services.
The Board formulates and adopts policies to achieve the District’s vision and elects a Superintendent to implement its policies. The administrative functions of the District are delegated to the superintendent who is responsible for the effective administration and supervision of the District. Individuals with complaints concerning personnel, curriculum, discipline (including specific discipline policies), coaching, or the day to day management of the schools need to address those complaints according to the following sequence: 1. Teacher, coach, or other staff member against whom the complaint is directed 2. Principal 3. Superintendent
Other than in the few instances where statutorily allowed or required, student discipline and personnel matters may not be discussed in Board meetings. Individuals with complaints regarding such matters need to follow the sequence outlined above.
Unless authorized by the Board as a whole for a specific purpose, no individual Board member has any authority when acting alone. District constituents are reminded that the Board serves as a jury in matters regarding student suspensions initiated by the Superintendent, expulsions, and personnel discipline. The district shall have an alternative learning environment (ALE) which shall be part of an intervention program designed to provide guidance, counseling, and academic support to students who are experiencing emotional, social, or academic problems. The superintendent or his/her designee shall appoint an Alternative Education Placement Team which shall have the responsibility of determining student placement in the ALE. The team should consist of at least a school counselor, the ALE director or principal, a parent or legal guardian, and a regular classroom teacher. Students who are placed in the ALE shall exhibit at
least two of the following characteristics: For the purposes of the ALE, personal or family problems
or situations are conditions that negatively affect the student’s academic
and social progress. These may include, but are not limited to: The teachers and administrator of the ALE shall determine exit criteria for students assigned to the district’s ALE on which to base the student’s return to the regular school program of instruction. The district’s ALE program shall follow class size,
staffing, curriculum, and expenditure requirements identified in the ADE
Rules Governing the Distribution of Student Special Needs Funding and the
Determination of Allowable Expenditure of These Funds. SECTION VIII Student Drug Testing Policy Booneville Schools
Mission Statement: The Booneville
School District recognize that drug and alcohol use/misuse is a
significant health problem for students, detrimentally affecting overall
health, behavior, learning ability, reflexes, the total development
of each individual and safety within school activities. The Booneville
Board of Education is determined to help students by providing another
option for them to say “NO”. Drug and alcohol use/misuse includes, but is
not limited to, the use of illegal drugs, alcohol, and the misuse of legal
drugs and medications. 1. To allow the students of Booneville Schools to know that the school is concerned about their total wellbeing. 2. To assist students of Booneville Schools in resisting peer pressure that directs them toward drug use/misuse. 3. To establish high standards of conduct for students of Booneville Schools. 4. To emphasize concern for the health and safety of students while they are participating in activities and to emphasize the long-term physical and emotional effects of drug and alcohol use/misuse on their health. 5. To confirm and support laws which restrict the use/misuse of drugs. 6. To work cooperatively with custodial parent/legal guardian in keeping their children free from drug abuse/misuse. 7. To assist students by referring them for counseling or rehabilitation regarding their use/misuse of drugs. 8. To deter drug and alcohol use/misuse by all students through the use of random drug testing. Policy statement: Random
Testing Student Selection: The drug screen
tests for one or more illegal drugs (including but not limited to cocaine,
amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, marijuana, opiates, PCP,
methadone, and alcohol). Student samples will not be screened for the
presence of any substances other than an illegal drug or for the existence
of any physical condition other than drug intoxication. As a quality
control measure, the school reserves the right to send any urine sample
that appears 8unusual in color and/or consistency to a laboratory for
testing and confirmation or non-confirmation. It shall be the policy of the Booneville School District that the most recently adopted version of the Student Handbook be incorporated by reference into the policies of this district. In the event that there is a conflict between the student handbook and a general board policy or policies, the more recent adopted language will be considered binding and controlling on the matter provided the parent(s) of the student, or the student if 18 years of age or older, have acknowledged receipt of the controlling language.
STUDENT HANDBOOK COMMITTEE
Revised
June, 2011 Adopted July, 2011
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